Mar 06 What does the Education Department do? A guide to the agency Trump wants to gut By Annie Ma, Collin Binkley, Associated Press President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department. Already, the Trump administration has started overhauling much of the department’s work. Continue reading
Feb 27 What to know about the Feb. 28 economic boycott By Anne D'Innocenzio and Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group's founder sees as the malign influence of billionaires, big corporations and both major political parties on… Continue reading
Feb 25 Supreme Court rules against drivers in case that could make civil rights claims harder By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Supreme Court has found that people who score early court wins in civil rights cases won’t necessarily be able to recover their legal fees. It's a finding that advocacy groups across the ideological spectrum had argued could make it… Continue reading
Jan 31 After Target backs away from diversity programs, civil rights activists call for a boycott By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Target announced last Friday that it would join other American brands in scaling back their DEI goals and activities, which have come under attack from conservatives and the new White House of President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jan 09 WATCH: Rev. Andrew Young remembers Jimmy Carter's legacy pursuing equality By Vivian Hoang Young, a prominent civil rights leader and former United Nations ambassador who served under Carter, began his eulogy at Carter's funeral Thursday with a simple declaration: "Jimmy Carter, for me, was something of a miracle."… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 6:40 New book 'The Barn' revisits the people and forces behind Emmett Till's murder By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas Emmett Till's murder is one of the most harrowing events in American history. Till was 14 in 1955 when he was killed after a white woman accused him of making an advance toward her. Mississippi author Wright Thompson has a… Continue watching
Sep 09 Jury selection begins for federal civil rights trial into fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols By Adrian Sainz, Associated Press Nichols was pulled over in January 2023 and ran from police after he was yanked out of his car. Officers caught up with Nichols and pummeled him in a Memphis neighborhood, police video showed. Continue reading
Sep 04 Sybil Morial, civil rights activist and wife of New Orleans' first Black mayor, dies at 91 Civil rights activist Sybil Haydel Morial has died at age 91. Continue reading
Aug 19 Who was Fannie Lou Hamer? Here's why DNC speakers keep mentioning her By Associated Press Hamer spoke on Aug. 22, 1964 — exactly 60 years before Kamala Harris is scheduled to accept the Democratic nomination… Continue reading
Jun 20 Supreme Court upholds conviction of woman who challenged expert testimony on her 'mindset' in a drug case By Associated Press The case revolved around how much expert witnesses can say about a defendant's mindset. Delilah Guadalupe Diaz was sentenced to seven years in prison after on drug charges after Border Patrol agents discovered methamphetamine worth nearly $370,000 stashed inside the… Continue reading